How can anyone dislike BBQs?
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Does anyone else find that the disposables take ages to cook anything on?
Chatting to a mate of mine and he said he hates BBQs and normally eats before hand if he gets invited to one.
The reasons he gave for not enjoying BBQs include food being undercooked, overcooked, the wet weather, sitting on fold-up chairs and other stupid reasons.
Its not hard to have a BBQ these days...especially with disposable BBQs costing £2 or so and as for the food, just check it and if its not cooked, put it back on the grill again.
BBQs are immense.
He is no longer your friend.
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best course of action, disposable friend 
must be a pain visiting the in-laws Hades
must be a pain visiting the in-laws Hades
must be a pain visiting the in-laws Hades
Nah, they have declared Jihad on my arse so I never go around there
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Funnily enough, i agree with everything said in this thread.
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Your mate gave reasons at least, you might disagree with them but if nothing else he tried to explain it to you. The danger of getting improperly cooked meat is quite a real one but as an eater of Rabbit Food™ it's not ever really been much of an issue for me.
Your mate does sound like a bit of a wuss - I'm surprised he didn't mention the smelling of smoke as well but not everyone likes "roughing" it when there is a more comfortable option available.
To be honest the reasons he gave seems to be why not to like bad BBQs rather than BBQs in general.
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If he's never been to anything but bad barbeques then what reason would he have for believing that others are any different? He might accept that other people like things he doesn't (something a fair few people seem to struggle with) but not know that there might be better if every one he has been to is in an equal category of bad.
Maybe Sidewinder should put on a barbeque for him and make sure it is good to show him what he has been missing? Or alternatively accept that not everyone feels the same - for instance I tend to think that camping is great fun but I can understand that other people don't like it.
Funnily enough the last BBQ i went to i found i was munching on raw chicken 
Luckily i decided the more alcohol i drank the more likely it was to kill the bacteria. All that medicinal alcohol must have worked because i was fine the next day
MW
Luckily i decided the more alcohol i drank the more likely it was to kill the bacteria. All that medicinal alcohol must have worked because i was fine the next day
MW
As with all things, if done right, they are great, if not, they can be terrible.
As for the disposable things, they should be banned! ........ they encourage irresponsible litter louts to burn piece after piece of turf in local parks and then proceed to throw glasses and bottles. ....... oh the fun of a BBQ eh?
As for the disposable things, they should be banned! ........ they encourage irresponsible litter louts to burn piece after piece of turf in local parks and then proceed to throw glasses and bottles. ....... oh the fun of a BBQ eh?
SkodaMart
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The secrect to a good BBQ is a lid! I wasn't a fan until I bought a Weber with a lid, The food cooks much more evenly
That's more a reason to have local plods roaming the streets.
But disposable bbqs are a bit rubbish.A single layer of charcoal does not generate a huge amount of heat and quickly cools. You need at least 3 layers. Then you can cook for ages.